Dr. Paul Otuoma

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have heard that even basic things like remittances of statutory deductions are not made. We were baffled when the Budget was read in this House and we were told that Pay As You Earn (PAYE) is going down and yet we are told that more jobs are being created. Some of us were taken aback that the PAYE which is a statutory deduction is dropping not just marginally but significantly. We have come to learn that some of these institutions are not remitting statutory deductions. This is the case and yet the law is there ... view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: One of the major achievements of the Kibaki Administration in the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) Government was to come up with a policy that we do not want pending bills; that the Government should be run through a budget process and the Budget should be based on programmes. Today, we see institutions that are supposed to be effective and implementing the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: best practices that we know, going beyond their budgets or spending money on things which are not within their budgets. Some of the parastatals have been doing that. Some of them even overspend and create pending bills which are avenues for corruption. That is how this country was almost brought to its knees; where contractors would come and make claims because things were never planned and yet money was used. view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: The Public Procurement and Disposal Act of 2005 which streamlined public procurement has been flouted with impunity. This Parliament and its committees have spent a lot of public money going out there to benchmark. When we come back with the best practices, they are not implemented. The Auditor-General’s Office must become part of this Parliament. Its budget must be part of this Parliament because most of the reports we consume from the Auditor- General are what facilitates our work. So, if the Auditor-General’s work is still going to be hampered by being lumped together either with the ministry or the ... view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: We have also said that agencies prosecuting or investigating corruption must sit in some of our committees so that they pick up some of the reports and work on them within the stipulated timeframe. view
• 5 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you very much for being patient with me. With those few remarks, I support the Report. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. It has been quite a while since my voice was heard. I would like to add my voice on this issue of the LBDA. It is very clear to most why the Government creates parastatals away from the mainstream Ministries. In this case, I am also taken aback why they are asking for money to pay pending bills. From my understanding, when parastatals are investing, their investment portfolio must be very clear about the source of money and what they will invest in. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Having listened to some of the contributions from Members here, it is like this property which belongs to the LBDA was mortgaged to a financial institution. I do not know so far what processes took place for that mortgage to be effected. So, in the event this money is unpaid, then the contractor can go ahead and auction the property. If we are saying that we are bailing out a parastatal, then there must be clearly negotiated structure on what exactly we are bailing out. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Saying that a building which was supposed to be an investment has been put up and now unless we pay a pending bill, there is going to be consequences where the public is going to lose is a bit curious. As a Member of the Public Investment Committee (PIC), I am praying that, Hon. Speaker, in your wisdom, you are going to rule that the relevant Departmental Committee of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Parliament picks up this matter to understand how this came about. A parastatal incurred pending bills on money that had not been voted for in its development plan. If what we are looking at here today would be part of the development Budget either through the relevant Ministry on behalf of the LBDA, then, it would be making sense. Saying that this is a stand-alone item to pay off pending bills, I find it a bit curious and quite unusual. Although the mall has already been built, we have heard about its economic viability here, but how it was structured ... view